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  1. DHS H3N for beginner

    While H3N is really the best of the best, I would also suggest maybe getting a Yinhe Big Dipper in 38 degrees hardness, that is a very good gateway rubber. It's perfectly in between bouncy Euro/Japanese and sticky Chinese rubbers like H3N and it lasts forever too... For around 15EUR/USD it's not...
  2. DHS H3N for beginner

    I'm pretty sure people lose more points in short game due to fast/bouncy rubbers than they gain because of them. You know the scoreboard doesn't care if you made a huge point or a small shitty one. But that being said you should have fun making big points :3 H3N or similar rubbers like B2, B3...
  3. DHS H3N for beginner

    I think you're okay. We have a player who has started playing table tennis after a ~20 year hiatus too and first he got 1.7mm Sriver FX on his whatever slow blade which was pretty bad setup but he bought that because he knew those rubbers from 20+ years ago. But now he basically bought a...
  4. Dignics09C on Cybershape Carbon?

    Not tried, but I think it will be great. V>15 extra is great on Cybertruls. I kind of consider Vega X similar, maybe a bit spinner and slower than V>15 so it will be just good. Just for the heck of it I am thinking of asking for a Rakza X max to replace the V15 it also should be a smidge spinner...
  5. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    I think that is a realistic bar to set. The Hoverind Dragon with the Japanese sponge is a very fun rubber to use. It's fast enough, spinny enough, insensitive enough and has nothing offensive about it while being very light. So it's probably the best grippy Chinese rubber. The Hovering Dragon...
  6. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    Aww my good old D715 with the Japanese sponged Hovering Dragons. Such a cool rubber. I am wondering who is making the Dragon series for Yasaka. The new Rising Dragon 2 sure gives me LAC vibes, well maybe LAC with a better sponge actually.
  7. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    No, it is not like the G20. The G20 has kinda cut marks on the topsheet. Anyways this pattern you can see on your topsheet I have seen before on LAC too. It's a Loki thing it seems.
  8. Dry boosting -- safe boosting.

    I think his first post about this was just around 1st of April, so he's was on point. I'm not sure about the "boosting" it does, but I can imagine this method breaks the sponge in. Or softens it compared to out of package hardness.
  9. Friendship 729 battle 3

    I suppose they did, my sheet is 1 month old, I don't use plastic cover on it, I can't see oxidation and it can pick up the ball. It doesn't hold it but it can lift it up easily. Even as new it was pretty much the same. Actually the Battle 2 and Battle 3 seem to have decreased in pricing. I...
  10. Friendship 729 battle 3

    I agree, after about 50 hours the topsheet holds up great. No oxidation, the stickiness is the same or even better than new? I don't even use a plastic sheet on this rubber, just clean it with revolution cleaner. By this time sticky ESN rubbers look like poop, same with D09c or G09c but at least...
  11. Can you guys see Taiwan's flag on your phone?

    🇹🇼🇭🇰🇲🇴 Realme master gt here Didn't find a xinjiang flag tho
  12. Wang Yidi’s shoes ?

    My experience with Li-Ning shoes too. I have one from 2018 similar look as the APPP003 (I think it was called Whirlwind back then) but has a "rubber" like top and it has not fallen apart anywhere, not even a tear, the glue held up everywhere perfectly, the inside lining is also like new. By far...
  13. Backhand rubber

    Rakza X, Rakza 7, V>15 Extra, MX-S, MX-P. These are typical BH rubbers that were used by pros in the past or still in some cases. Rakza X and MX-S are a bit spinnier like T05, MX-P and V>15 are a bit faster and less spinny. Generally, the Rakza X and V15 have much better durability, the Tibhar...
  14. New Equipment 2024

    Aw man, I wouldn't hold my breath. Yasaka doesn't even list it on their site. I don't get how braindead a company can get.
  15. Advice on badminton shoes (for table tennis use)

    Recently I bought a Kawasaki A3305 to use in gyms where there is basically PVC floor right on top of concrete. So to have more sponge in the midsole than in a table tennis shoe. This Kawasaki to me is basically a Yonex Aerus Z clone, and I don't mean that it looks the same but function wise...
  16. New Equipment 2024

    Yes, I would say by press and basic bounce test it's in between G09c and B3. For sure it's more Chinese like than G09c, and more Chinese like than the old Rising Dragon. The old Rising Dragon had a pretty soft topsheet, this one a bit firmer. I can't help it but the topsheet reminds me of LAC. I...
  17. New Equipment 2024

    The dragon is rising again. 170x170mm probably around 66g without the plastic foil. That should be around 46g is on a normal blade, I guess on the Cybershape it will be around 48g. So pretty light. Sponge feels a bit more porous than the original Rising Dragon. I'm not sure who made the original...
  18. Friendship 729 battle 3

    I'm using 40deg. I think Tenergy and Dignics are much faster. But there is always an asterisk. I use grippy rubbers or bouncy rubbers differently than Chinese sticky rubbers. With grippy rubbers I try to find friction and stretch the rubber and the sponge so it imparts as much spin and speed...
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